Which to use
“exprime” is a verb and “extreme” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,075
- “exprime” frequency rank
- #18,481
- “extreme” frequency rank
- 22556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exprime | extreme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exprimer. | Nominatif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de extrem. |
Where the eye mixes exprime and extreme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exprime vs extreme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exprime is \ɛk.spʁim\ while extreme is \ɛksˈtʁeːmə\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exprime is recorded at frequency rank #4,075, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛk.spʁim\. extreme is at rank #18,481, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛksˈtʁeːmə\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 22556, this pair ranks #357,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of exprime vs extreme
Shared letters: emrx. Private to "exprime": ip. Private to "extreme": t.
"exprime" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "extreme" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exprime" and "extreme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exprime" or "extreme"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "exprime" and "extreme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exprime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extreme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exprime" and "extreme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éprise vs exprime". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #357,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.